Pain in the middle of the night, wakes me from sleep! Any idea?

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It is 5:30am, I wake up from a severe pain in my lower right leg! It was stuffed and hurting as hell. It lasted less than a minute . Now I can feel it hurts sometimes when I move my leg!!!

Any idea about what is this?

Should I be concerned and see my physician? (With my busy schedule!)

The pain is in my gastrocnemius muscle as shown below!!

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Is it like a muscle spasm or piercing pain…I would see a Dr. you want to rule out thrombosis. Scary and painful…

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It is a muscle thing, since I still feel something when I move my leg, if I walked on it = pain!

Thanks for the fast reply

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Is it like a cramp? I get horrible leg cramps in that exact muscle when I have been having high blood sugar. It wakes me up as well.

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Not sure, but may be yes!!?

Ya my blood sugar has been really high lately, most of the time (250 - 370!) UG

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I had REALLY bad cramps just before I was diagnosed. They also said that it was a potassium deficiency. So may sure you are eating from vegetables and fruits with potassium. I know that bananas, apricots, cantaloupe, broccoli, beans, lentils, potatoes, …

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I agree with Kristin… But has your Doctor checked your Vitamin D…Low vitamin D can cause Chronic Pain and all sorts of unwanted thingys…muscle weakness… I was just put on 50,000btu once a week for 12 weeks…And your sugars have been high… Are you on a pump?

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Am on a pump, but am a bad diabetic person, I can win the baddest diabetes rule model with no competitors!

Vitamin D and potassium, I never consider these two! I always consider B12 and B6 plus eating fiber through my fruits!
hmmmm I think am in need for both of those since I only have one cup of milk a day…BLA BLA BLA

Thank you Leticia and Kristin, I was afraid that it was a big damage and I will be losing a leg soon! I was terrified and started imagine my life on a wheelchair!!! Flashes!

Now after almost 3 hours, it is less bothering me, I still feel some pain but not as much!

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i had a lot of cramps and pain in that exact muscle before i was diagnosed, it was part of peripheral neuropathy, is there any tingling or numbness?

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I take a potassium tablet and a vitamin D tablet every day. Your body will get rid of what you don’t need. When my sugars ran high, I was very low on potassium and my Doctor says that they are finding that a lot of Diabetics are Vitamin D deficient. It may be something to try although it took some time until the leg and foot cramps stopped.